contrived
provoked
dolted
burnt
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
The correct answer is B. provoked.
To provoke someone is to incite them to anger or action. In this case, the speaker is saying that he used the other person’s anger to his advantage.
The other options are not correct because they do not mean to incite someone to anger or action.
- To contrive something is to plan or invent it.
- To dolt is to act in a foolish or stupid way.
- To burn something is to destroy it by fire.